Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-01-08
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 WASHINGTON, December 29-Subscrip ,ions to the fund for tue benefit of Mir U gan, received by Mrs. Lemon, up tC date aggregate S25 OO0.
 WAsHISoToS. December 29 The sen a'e committee in charge of the Logan arrangements met this morning. Toe ofder ot proceedIns s, as far ss deter. mined upon, have been given out a. fol lows; The body vii be taken by the comm ittee Of arrangements of the United States senate and house of represents. 'iVes and escorted by posts of the Grand Army Of the Republic ot the District of ColnmtiA bt noon on Thursday, Decem- Der SOih, from the residence 10 the TO. tonda oi the capitOl where it will lie in state until noon of the following day nnder a guard of honor detailed by the ursnd Army of the Republic and the military order of the Loyal Legion oi he United States. From 2 o'clock D ID on Thursday uutll II o'clock B. m of Friday the public will be admitted to ghe rotunda.
 WASHINGTON, December 29 General Sheridan will take charge ot General Logan's funernl procession Friday, and uas selected Albert Ordway as chiet ti st 1T Speaker Carlisle has appolnted 'he 10 loving named gentlemen as tbe committee tO represent tha house of representatives at the funeral nt General Logsu: Mes-rs. Sprincer. Henderson, flown sbaud, Payson, Morthiug,up. Int. Riggs. Powell and Niece of Illinois. Reet tf Maine, CurtIn of Pennsylvania, Burrows nf Michigan. S,mes of Uolors Io and Carey of Wyoming.
 WAsHISGToS, Decsmber 29.-General Niles called at the war department to- isy and had sn extended interview with Secretary Endicott. The general will leave Washington this evening for New York to remain day or two before pro- ceeding tO Prescott, Arizona, where he will direct the remOvsl fl his head quarters Co Los Angeles. Cal. Mrs Mics will accompany her husband vest.
 SAN FRASCIsCo December 29-It was -emi- fficislly announced g short time ago that the terms of sale of the S,utn Pacific Coast Railroad 70 the Southern Pac tic Co. had been agreed upon aud ihGt the transfer would be made early n the comlng year. Senator J G. Fair Co lay deuied thls. He said: The rnai has nor been sold uor b.rgAirei fpr. My osice vas ssked hy the Southern Pacific Co and I named it, bur they have not iTrred me my price aud there has been no Esle."
 SACRAMENTO, December 29.-Lyon & Gurus, com mission merchants of SacrR- mento. made an assignment to-day 10 H. ? Martin. Their liabilities gre ah0ut s4j.0O0 and assets not to exceed Slj.- OyO
 LAS VEGAS HcT STRINGS, December -9-CaItain A. F.. B. Sparrow of Lon iou, Enlland, mmit,.d suicide here yesterday. lie c m- here about June last and Investel S75,OOD m D bogus cat tle company. The investment proved 70 he an entire less 4ni left him without means of suppors which sI humilisted lim that be ended hIs existence byn p:s- tol shot. Just before the fatal set be Rss wGlking the versuda of bis ho'el m the company of a lady acquaintance and seemed unusuallY cheerful
 MOBILE, Ala. December B. News vas received here late laet night of the burning of the steamer Bradi-h Johnson, used a buarding house at Jackson on she Big Bee river. eleven miles above Mobile. on Wednesday night There IS 70 telegraph hDe tO that point. The Johnson WIS lyIng with her uose ID ,he bank and the gang piauk out. A. c. Yeail. one of the bosses, gave the f"i- owIng description of the fire: II bod just gone. to ttd when l heard a cry q | lire. | rushed ont iuto the cabin There mad been a party ot men out there plry rrs cards and they saw the smoke rising. When l came into the cabin the fire seemed to be in the state room, aft of he pantry, on the port side. The ne grO-s were mostly lodged on the lower Ieck, and they all came running Tor ward about the same time We got there. The vessel burned very fast and was a 4olid mass of flames m n moment. When | had reached tbe bank. l turned around and saw tue pilot house aud takes fall in ou the negroes. They fled up the ,ark k m a mob aI rushed GO the woods where they huddled like sheep and could oot be psrsuaded to come down to inc boat. They knew that some Of their uumber were lost lu the burning boat, and they were seemingly superstition .bout it. They did no; want to 20 De ar he place. SO the boat became mass ot flames and burned for about Hn hour. when she sank, nothing hut the Jack st6h remaining out of tn. water. A .onn as 1 got ashore there was report thatthera were men ID the water oo the ,ther side of the steamer. SkIffs were manned and sebt to thetr -gscne. They ,lcked up Mr. Daly. There is DO tell ,nv inst how many lost their lIves m the fire and m the river. Some say tbere ,.ere ten lives lost, but all that l know of are two negroes, Lewis Adams and Beuiamin Bushy, who were drowned, and two white men who are missing. i, think the two other white men were hnrnad with the boat and there must haze been others, for don't think they bad A chance tO be awakened and es- cape" oo iieut has directed that while the re- mains of the late ; nHtor l. gan are ly' ing il state at the capitol. fiaSs on pub iic buildings will be displayed at ball mast. and that they remain Uutll st;ei the ceremony.
 An order wss issued ai the interior i.partm-ut today allowing all members # the Grand Army employed m the department who wish to attend tht funeral cf General Logan, to he abseD' all day tomorrow.
 PHfLADrLPHIA. D. .ceulher 3O-A strIt among the employees Of the various brewers throughout the city. including brewers. drive cOoCerF, engineers. fore men and other hands, numbering m al over ? 900 men, WIS Inangurated to d4l against the reduction of 20 per cent. II tneIr vases.
 SAN FRANCISCO, December SO-Hon W. Nj. Gibson, prime minister srd mn ,sie. of foreign hffaIrs m the HawaIiai .oyerpmept. being gskci by the Asscci' stei Press about the present nnsncia condition of ibe kingdom, has sent Ton Honolulu the fnlloWing statements; lE' annual revenue which wIll he about or and A half million dollars this year, VII owing to t.e amendments ot the te' customs laws ani the eius proved methoG l of ass, ssmeut, be rsised next year to t~' millions. The present bnudsd ludeot' edness of the kingdom is Sl.OlOOOL I'm will be increased to Sl.y5JOOO, mskih' 1 1t in all S2OOl. 900 under the loan Jus made. The obligations uf the HaTanal l government to Claus Spreckels on a: count of special loan as also his pr,